Research Fellow
An appointment with the title Research Fellow shall be made when the postdoctoral researcher is fully funded by institutional and/or philanthropic support or has been awarded an extramural fellowship or appointment to an institutional training grant which provides a stipend for postdoctoral training. Research Fellows will be classified as trainees by payroll and will receive a stipend. Therefore, Research Fellows will not be employees. External fellowship stipends awarded to Research Fellows may be supplemented with institutional or philanthropic funding; this supplementation will not affect their status as a trainee.
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Research Fellow - no stipend
An appointment as a Research Fellow - no stipend shall be made when the postdoctoral researcher is fully funded by an extramural agency, the stipend is at or above the recommended level (see below), and it is paid directly to the Fellow rather than through SKI.
Research Scholar
An appointment with the title Research Scholar shall be made when (1) the extramural funding agency requires the appointee to be an employee of the institution (e.g. research grant, career development award, K series). Research Scholars will be classified as employees by payroll and will receive a salary. The salary may be supplemented by institutional or philanthropic support.
Research Associate
An appointment with the title of Research Associate will be made when a Research Fellow or a Research Scholar exceeds five years of postdoctoral training at SKI. Appointments in this title may also be made to incoming postdoctoral researchers with at least three years of relevant postdoctoral training experience, or to Research Scholars who have been in training at SKI for at least three years and have demonstrated expertise in their field. Research Associates may be funded by extramural agencies requiring the appointee to be an employee of the institution (e.g. research grant, contract, career development award, K series) or from institutional or philanthropic funds, in full or in part. Research Associates will be classified as employees by payroll and will receive a salary. Research Fellows with at least three years of relevant experience and who have demonstrated expertise in their field may be appointed at this title, if at the time of consideration they do not hold fellowship awards.
